498 



Cory on Nexv West Indian Birds. [October 



with green iii scune specimens; throat pale red, tlie teatlicrs Ijroadly edged 

 with yellow; underparts bluish green, marked with dull red on the sides 

 and l^ellv; the leathersof the breast and belly edged with dull black; quills 

 heavily edged with blue on the outer webs, inner webs dark brown; tail 

 yellowish green, the outer web of outer feather pale blue, the basal 

 portion of inner webs heavilv marked with dark red. 

 Length, ii; wing. 8; tail, 5; tarsus. .70; bill, 1.05. 

 Habitat. Ishuul of Graiul Cayman, West Indies. 



Colaptes gundlachi, sp. nov. 



Si'. Char. — Resembles Colaptes chrysocaulosus but is smaller, the yellow 

 of the quills and tail much brighter : under surface of outer tail feathers 

 distinctly- banded ; featliers of the rump white, heavily blotched with black; 

 shafts of the quills and tail very bright yellow; first primary much longer 

 than in the Cuban species. 



Length. 8. 90; \ving, 5.20; tail, 4; tarsus, .85; bill, i.io. 



Habitat. Island of Grand Cayman, West Indies. 



I have dedicated this species to Dr. John Gundhich, tlie well 

 known ornithologist, of Ingenio Fermina, Cul)a. 



Engyptila collaris, sp. nov. 



Sp. Char. — Forehead dull white ; top of the head dark gray, showing a 

 metallic tinge of purple on the nape; a cape of metallic purple showing 

 greenish red reflections where it joins the back; back dark brownish olive; 

 throat dull white ; breast dull vinaceous, shading into dull white on the 

 bellv; sides dull red brown; under wing-coverts anti under surface of wing 

 rufus brown ; primaries brown. ha\ing the inner webs hea\ily marked with 

 riifus bro\\n ; tail slaty brown, two or three outer feathers tipped with 

 white; feet red; bill black; iris dull white. 



Length, 9-50; wing, 5.75: tail. 3.50; tarsus. 1.25; bill, .75. 



Habitat. Grand Cayman, West Indies. 



Zenaida spadicea, sp. nov. 



Si'. Char. — General upper plumage dark olive brown, rufous brown on 

 the forehead and showing a tinge of very dull purple on the crown, appar- 

 ently wanting in some specimens; ;i s;di-auricular spot of dark metallic 

 blue; sides of the neck and nape rich metallic purple; chin pale bulf, 

 shading into rich rutbiis chestnut ow the throat and breast; belly brown, 

 showing a slight vinaceous tinge; upper surface of tail brown, the feathers 

 showing a sub-terminal band of black, and all the feathers except the cen- 

 tral ones tipped with gray; primaries dark brown, almost black, faintly 

 tipi)ed with dull white; the secondaries broadly tipped \\\\.\\ white; under 

 wing-coverts gray; bill black; teet red. 



Length, 9.60; wing, 6; tail, 3.75; tarsus, .75; bill, 50, 



Habitat. Grand Cayman, West Indies. 



